| THE COUNCIL OF TRENT |
| Session XX - The fourth under the Supreme Pontiff, Pius IV,
celebrated on the fourth day of June, 1562 |
| Decree For The Prorogation Of The Session The holy, ecumenical and general Council of Trent, lawfully assembled in the Holy Ghost, the same legates of the Apostolic See presiding, has, by reason of various difficulties arising from various causes, and also to the end that all things may proceed in a more befitting manner and with greater deliberation, namely, that dogmas may be dealt with and ratified conjointly with what relates to reform, decreed that whatever seems good to be enacted, concerning both reform and dogma, shall be defined in the next session, which it announces to all for the sixteenth day of the following month of July; adding however, that this holy council may and can freely, at its will and pleasure, as it may judge expedient for the affairs of the council, shorten or extend that term also in a general congregation. Published by Tan Books and Publishers, P. O. Box 424, Rockford, IL 61105, 1-800-437-5876. |
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